19 Dec 2012 2:51 pm
11 Year-Old In Utah Brings Gun To School For Self Defense After NewtownA sixth-grader in Utah was caught with a 22.-caliber handgun at his school yesterday, which he says he brought with him for self-defense in case of an incident like the Newtown school shooting.Kids being kids, he was already waving the gun around by recess, allegedly threatening some of his classmates with it. For some reason his classmates waited until almost the end of the school day to report it, at which point police were immediately called to the school where they discovered the unloaded .22 along with ammunition in the kids backpack.The boy told police his parents sent him to school with the gun for protection, which the parents adamantly deny according to the AP.Apparently the gun had been left at the boys home by a relative.Whyis it that Inever see gun rights activists denouncing irresponsible gun owners like this who just leave their weapons lying around, where anyone can get hold of them?The parents deny that they told their son to take the gun to school, but the gun was just left at their house by a relative.To the extent that more gun regulations are going to be put into effect,the blame goes toirresponsible pinheads like this.